IBM and Adobe lock up PDFs

Acrobat 6.0 keys into IBM security software IBM and Adobe have announced new security features that take advantage of Adobe's Acrobat 6.0 and IBM's encryption utilities. ...more

Narrower broadband the way forward for Europe, says new research

Narrower broadband is key to driving uptake, according to a report from Jupiter Research. The report predicts that 59 per cent of European households will be net connected by 2009, with 63 per cent using broadband. However in the UK, while broadband figures are showing a healthy rise, the vast majority of Net connections are dial-up. ...more

New worm exploits ancient IE flaw

Sophos yesterday alerted users to the presence of a new worm, under the name of Gibe-F or Swen.A@mm. The worm exploits a vulnerability in MIME components of Internet Explorer, for which a patch was first issued in March 2001. ...more

UK games chart: Movie spin-off holds number one

The movie spin-off Madagascar keeps its position at the top of this week's ELSPA UK games chart. The adventure game runs on the PC, PS2, Xbox and all known Nintendos. Meanwhile, benefiting from the Ashes coverage is Brian Lara International Cricket 2005, Codemaster's multi-console cricket game, which is straight in at number two. ...more

Smaller, faster and upwardly mobile Intel chips

Intel has announced more mobile PIII processors available at speeds up to 1.13Ghz. Intel's PIII Processor-M products are manufactured to a 0. ...more